himself as a stark figure, that is not relevant. clearly, it s gratuitous. i am an old man, and i know what i m doing. we will have to work hard to beat donald trump, he will destroy our democracy. the supreme court heard arguments about whether colorado can ban donald trump from the ballot. many of the justices seeming highly skeptical. it doesn t seem like a state call. can you take the person leading everywhere, and say we re not gonna let you run. donald trump engaged in insurrection, president trump s qualifying himself for holding office. his attorneys will be in front of the supreme court on the immunity case. there s nothing more important to a presidency than immunity. nada in nevada. trump wasn t on the ballot, nikki haley was, voters chose none of the above. i d like to congratulate none of the above, i was one of those none of the above. donald trump is winning the republican nomination on a landslide, all this news this week didn t chang
it just doesn t seem like a state called. can you take the person leading a rumor and say we re not going to let you. from president donald trump indication insurrection. in doing so, president trump disqualified himself from holding office. his attorneys are going to be back in front of the supreme court potentially very soon on the immunity case. there is nothing more important presidency that immunity. not in nevada. wasn t on the ballot. nikki haley was and yet voters chose none of the above. i d like to congratulate none of the above. i was one of those none of the above. i was one of them. donald trump winning the republican nomination by a landslide. didn t change this fundamental facts. good evening, once again, i m stephanie ruhle. we are 270 days away from the election. just over 38 weeks and this last week was a doozy. one court tonight donald trump s claim of immunity from prosecution on charges of trying to overturn the 2020 election while the
courthouse. and it is friday night, so you know what that means? our friday night cap is here. breaking down all of the biggest stories of the week. then, it has been nearly 15 years since the miracle on the hudson. i sat down with captain sully sullenberger as the 11th hour gets underway on this jam-packed friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, our nightcap is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that
it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
they will most likely still lose i polling is any indication, we don t know. they could lose by a historic margin to a front runner, who, let s be, clear has spent more time in court attending his civil fraud trial this week than he has in the state of iowa. even if now it feels inevitable we ve come to this, it was not inevitable. it really wasn t. there was a time in winter 2020, one after january 6th, when donald trump was being impeached for inciting the capitol insurrection, his approval rating hit an all-time. low it looked like very well be sent to do a period of political exile. then he came back, the 2022 midterms, the elections worked out poorly for most trump endorsed candidates. he backed losers in a ton of winnable races and there seemed to be a daunting wherein us in the republican party that he was politically toxic. in 2024 could be a wide open race for republicans. all those folks gotta because if i was beautiful. not now. trump is polling at 54%, or 30 point